Redazione RHC : 14 August 2025 16:49
After the closure of the Darcula phishing platform and the Magic Cat software used by scammers, the Magic Mouse solution has gained popularity among criminals. According to Mnemonic specialists, Magic Mouse already contributes to the theft of data from at least 650,000 bank cards per month.
We recently discussed the work of Darcula and the investigation conducted by Mnemonic experts. This Phishing-as-a-Service (PHAaS) platform has targeted Android and iPhone users in over 100 countries. The criminal service used 20,000 domains imitating well-known brands to steal credentials.
According to analysts, Darcula operators were responsible for the theft of 884,000 bank cards, and hacker victims worldwide clicked on malicious links received via text messages 13 million times.
Shortly afterward, Darcula’s activity ceased, but as Mnemonic researchers explained at DEF CON, another similar phishing service is gaining popularity among cybercriminals.
Experts note that Magic Cat software played a key role in Darcula’s work. Magic Cat has now been replaced by a similar platform, Magic Mouse, whose popularity has increased significantly since Darcula’s closure.
Experts believe Magic Mouse is a new operation, with different developers behind it. It is therefore unrelated to Darcula. However, Magic Mouse’s current success is largely due to new entrants appropriating the phishing kits that made its predecessor’s software so popular.
These kits contain hundreds of phishing site templates that Magic Cat used to imitate legitimate web pages from major tech giants, well-known consumer services, and delivery services. All of these sites were designed to trick victims into providing their credit card information.
Although Magic Mouse is already popular and could become even more dangerous than Magic Cat in the future, bringing its operators millions of dollars in profits (in the form of funds stolen from victims), researchers note that law enforcement “fails to see” beyond a few isolated reports of fraud. In other words, no one currently considers Magic Mouse a large-scale fraudulent campaign.
At the same time, Mnemonic believes that much of the responsibility for the existence and prosperity of such fraudulent schemes falls on tech companies and financial giants, who continue to make it difficult for scammers to use stolen cards.
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